The lines of code a programmer writes are nothing more than logic – sometimes algorithms, sometimes a gate – but these logics build something beautiful and alive. It is hard to describe what it feels like to watch a project start with a single line of code and end up becoming something great.

The people who work at Mojang will be going through exactly that when they finish work with the upcoming Ender Update – it’s the version 1 of Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition.

It might not seem like a big deal – it’s just a version bump, after all; it is, however, a signifier – the team has made enough progress to be confident in its product. Version 1 is a badge, not just a number.

The End

The End is not the end, but the highlight of this update – The Ender Dragon.

This update will add The End realm, and along with it the Ender Dragon to fight off. The End wasn’t exactly a planned feature for Minecraft – Notch added it because players demanded an end-game; The End acts as a goal – though, you can continue playing after finishing The End, so it’s not really an “end” at all.

The update will also increase the world height limit to 256 blocks, and since that’s dangerously high; the update also adds the Elytra item – giving you wings so that you can glide off your sky castle from the 256th block.

What else is in the update? Mojang won’t say – it’s leaving that to the players to find out. Clever.

The Education

Today’s announcement does not mention the Education Edition explicitly – however, considering the previous announcements, it should be safe to assume that the Education Edition will also get The End at the same time.

The bit after End

It is hard not to make ‘The End‘ puns and have a laugh about how Minecraft’s version 1 brings The End; the team at Mojang, however, says they will continue to work on the Pocket and Windows 10 Editions.

The work isn’t done yet – version 1 brings The End, but it is only the beginning.